"Well, thank you then." Professor Agasa thanked Conan on the surface, but cursed inwardly, "Damn it, I spent a lot of time and effort to come up with that."
Conan, who was already used to this, turned his head, pinched his chin, and said, "On another note, what I find more strange is another mystery left in this villa."
"Another mystery?"
Conan nodded and took a coin out of his pocket: "Yes, Professor, let me show you this one I just found."
Guangyou, who appeared out of nowhere, took the coin: "Let me see."
“It should be a coin issued in 1955, so it’s 44 years old now.” Guangyou held the coin and examined it carefully. “It’s a bit smaller and thinner than a normal coin. The Chinese character on it is still in the old font. I guess it was made by an old man with very dexterous hands.”
"The discovery of 44-year-old coins here indicates that someone must have come here after the villa was abandoned."
Conan walked to a stack of books placed to the side, blew off the dust, opened one of them and said, "It's not just that he came here, he probably lived here too. He even carved it while reading, because there are still some aluminum metal shavings and a few white hairs between the pages."
"Moreover, it's not very likely that this coin could be engraved in a short period of time, so it must have been lived in before."
Professor Agasa was curious about why a coin was engraved: "But why engrave such a coin?"
Conan shook his head: "I don't know. It could be a way to pass the time, but I don't know if only one old man ever lived here."
“I think there’s another child. You can tell by looking under this vase.” Mitsuhiko said, handing Conan a vase.
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